Over at Books & Culture , John Wilson offers his books of the year . I love John’s methodology: the best books are those that first come to mind after a year of reading. Here are a couple of the more interesting titles: Apricot Jam: And Other Stories . Aleksandr . . . . Continue Reading »
A North Carolina reproductive health program that once received wide elite support is under fire: Over all, about 70 percent of the North Carolina operations took place after 1945, and many of them were on poor young women and racial minorities. [ . . . ] The program, while not specifically devised . . . . Continue Reading »
Public Life and Professions of Faith Mirror of Justice , Robert John Araujo, SJ Tim Tebow: God’s Quarterback Wall Street Journal , Patton Dodd The Least Evil Option: A Defense of Harry Truman Public Discourse , Wilson D. Miscamble Study: Atheists Distrusted As Much As Rapists USA Today , . . . . Continue Reading »
Frank J. Fleming may be a satirist, but I think his point about not confusing “dumb” and “simple” is spot on: [T]here does seem to be some trouble in this country in judging who is smart and who isn’t. The main problem may be confusing “simple” with . . . . Continue Reading »
Some quick thoughts, 1. The volume of fire aimed at Gingrich has been increasing slowly up to this week. Now the paid media attacks and the criticism from the other candidates has increased substantially. There are still three weeks for everyone in Iowa to hear everything that has . . . . Continue Reading »
The rough idea behind gene therapy is to introduce a properly working replacement gene into the body via a virus. If it works, the malfunctioning expression is repaired and the genetic disease either successfully treated, or even cured. A new gene therapy has . . . . Continue Reading »
I prefer that to “It’s a Beginning to Look a Lot Like Newtmas.” Pete and I certainly agree on the facts: Newt’s nomination would be a disaster. We seem to disagree on the current situation: Pete sees signs of Newt’s imminent collapse. I wish I did, but I don’t. . . . . Continue Reading »
So the one thing the debate showed last night is that Newt won’t be touched significantly by any of the existing evidence about his interesting past—including how he’s been earning his living over the last decacde—any time soon. Anyone who doesn’t think he’s . . . . Continue Reading »
The NYT had a front page story today about the price still being paid for eugenic sterilizations, that in North Carolina’s case, extended into the 1970s! Making NC’s program even more frightening was that social workers were empowered to make the decision as to who should never be . . . . Continue Reading »
So the debate started an hour later than I thought so I was able to watch it: 1. Gingrich just schooled Romney in their first clash. Total Gingrich win. Romney would do better to get it into his head that the salient difference between him and Gingrich has nothing to do with which . . . . Continue Reading »
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